The Productivity501 blog offers 12 tips for organizing your desk. For example, have a place for pocket stuff:

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Your keys, phone, PDA, wallet, bluetooth ear piece, etc. should have a home. My ideal setup is to keep them in a drawer with wires already run for charging the various items. Unfortunately my current desk doesn't have drawers, so I have set aside a small amount of space under my monitor that isn't really usable for work anyway. I have all my charging cables right there so I don't have to hunt for them.

We've covered messy-desk territory before, but this isn't just another spin on the old do/defer/dump system. The author lists techniques that have worked for him, and they're quite diverse (like keeping cleaning supplies close at hand to encourage regular desk wipedowns). What are your favorite desk-organization methods? Stick 'em in the comments. Photo by ronnieb.